Dawlish News
Headteachers today condemned the latest expansion of Government school league tables to cover results achieved by 14-year-olds as an “unnecessary irrelevance”. School standards minister David Miliband said that, for too long, too many pupils had “drifted” in the first three years of secondary school and publishing the results highlighted the work schools were doing to improve their performance. ...
Dawlish Water Wheel Project has already come across the first unexpected problem. When lifting the wheel off the bearing housing it was found that both were broken in half. These will now need to be repaired, adding to the cost. This first phase should be completed early in the new year. The next phase will be the rubbing down and painting of the main wheel structure. Also, the pointing in of ...
Opened in the early 80s, the factory made quiches, fruit pies and sponges that were sold to supermarkets, catering companies and hospitals. Last Friday, staff turned up at 9am as usual, only to find that they no longer had somewhere to work. Instead of going into the factory as normal they were told to wait in the canteen. News of the liquidation was broken to them by a representative of Lamey CJ ...
Owner of Black Country Properties, Simon Steel Perkins, said: `Black Country Properties Limited submitted the Planning Application on September 1, 2003, for the Regeneration of Shutterton Bridge after many months of pre-application local consultation, together with a considerable amount of research and studies, including undertaking a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment in relation to ...
Spam – It’s the stuff that clogs up your inbox in the hope of selling you anything from the latest money spinning tool to plastic surgery. It's considered the biggest downside to the internet revolution. 90% of unsolicited email is from 200 spammers. 50-70% of email traffic across the world is spam. Healthcare products - mainly Viagra - accounted for nearly half of all the spam received in our ...
The big 'Switch On' event was held on Monday evening, with the switch operated by Dawlish Carnival Claire Barnes and Dawlish Mayor Bill Forrow.
Dawlish resident Jack Chadwick, raised more than £350 for the National Wheelchair Association, by leaping out of a perfectly good aeroplane.
The town council planning committee gave several reasons for its refusal of the scheme by Joe and Margaret Adams for two houses and a garage in the garden of their property, at Channel View, off Fordens Lane. They said that the development would be dangerous on highways grounds, because of poor access, and that it represented overdevelopment. It would mean a loss of amenity through the ...
The 31-strong fleet, now ranking amoung the largest in the South West, had been a family run business for half a decade employing 50 staff. But after a casual conversation between Neil Tomlinson, the prior owner, and John Weaver, the new managing director, the business is now in new hands. Mr Weaver, a former employee, bought the business along with partner Gill Byers, the former accounts manager. ...
The manager at Dawlish Town Football Club is Chris Myers, a 34-year-old Torquay postman. "I'm very happy with this appointment," he said. Being ex-professional footballer whose has played for Exeter City, Torquay United, Dundee United and Dorchester he brings experience with me. Nigel Gooding the new chairman who along with Mr. Myers will be looking to bring in new players to the club.
